Category Archives: TIPS

Last January The Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Tourism and the Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies declared 2018 the Year of Italian food in the World. The fact that Italian Food is part […]

Christmas holidays in Italy: time to relax for us and to start planning the next tourist season! Our off-season:Olive picking As you all left our region, beginning of November, we picked our olives at our […]

Dear Friends and Followers, 2016 has been a peculiar year for Umbria: in the first 9 months tourism has increased around the 4% [+3,96 arrivals*] in our region, data that clearly show the success of […]

At the end of this week, on the 31st October, the Universal Exhibition 2015 held in Milano, EXPO2015 is going to close its gates forever. Opened last May 1st, during this six-month period, Milano has […]

Melodie in Vigna – Roccafiore – Todi The tradition and ancient food culture of the two tows Orvieto and Todi are the common thread of the project #TerrediConfine [borderlands] by the local Cultural Association Brumalia. […]

Spring has arrived in Umbria, better calling it “pre-Summer”, thanks to the very pleasant temperatures and stable weather of the last weeks. Starting from this month Umbria is opening its long season of Summer Festivals, […]

Post updated on February 2017 (on Vintage 2014) Post updated February 2018 (on Vintage 2015) _________________________________________ Original post: notes on Vintage 2011 Sagrantino, the famed red wine of Umbria, has its days of glory each […]

This post has actually been inspired by a recent article published on the American website Dream of Italy. Here the author pointed out “some of the popular misconceptions about visiting the land of la dolce […]

The hamlet of Castel Ritaldi Even if you’ve spent all your entire life in this region, there’s always something new to discover in Umbria. Last month, thanks to the invitation by the local association Castel […]